Manish Salhan v. State of Punjab and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM-M-14460-2024(O&M), Manish Salhan v. State of Punjab and another, decided 01.05.2026 by Vinod S. Bhardwaj, J., High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh. Quashing petition under Section 482 CrPC, 1973 (now Section 528 BNSS, 2023) against FIR No.0012 dated 12.02.2021, P.S. Sadar Phagwara, District Kapurthala, IPC Sections 279, 337, 338, 427 (Section 304-A added later). Petition disposed of as infructuous owing to petitioner's acquittal vide judgment dated 10.03.2026 in CHI/96/2024 by JMFC Phagwara. No precedents cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
In view of the petitioner's acquittal in the underlying criminal case (submitted by learned counsel), the Court disposed of the quashing petition as having been rendered infructuous. ¶11